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Android M allows your external storage to setup as an internal storage!

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Android M allow user to setup their external storage 2 different ways.
 
The first one is " portable storage"
 

The second, calling it "Adoptable Storage Devices", which convert the external storage to an internal storage which can store Apps.
Doing so will format and encrypt it

users can actually migrate their "primary shared storage", the /sdcard directory which is the main storage that users see, to any adopted storage device.

 

 
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Adoptable Storage Devices not only supports microSD cards, but even USB OTG drives.
 


This feature is available right now in the Android M Preview, though an ADB (android debug bridge) command is needed to activate it. And while this might sound like a relief, users should still exercise the same caution when moving apps and data from internal storage to one that can be more easily removed.


 
 
Source:
http://news.mydrivers.com/1/432/432387.htm
 
https://plus.google.com/+JeffSharkey/posts/KYVzVWJVFLA
 
http://www.slashgear.com/android-officially-adopts-external-storage-devices-28385800/

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Nice to see, especially since Google cut down SD Card support with KitKat.

If only the S6 had an SD Card slot.

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Quad core Pendo Tab 7 with Android 4.4.2, and as soon as an SD card is inserted its recognised as internal storage, while the internal storage is recognised as an SD card.

Edit: just checked, it works with USB's as well.

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i like dis

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From what I read on other sources, it seems currently only sd cards can be set up as internal storage, and usb storage devices will be set up as portable storage...

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I aint caught up on things sooo

What is Andriod M?

Lets all ripperoni in pepperoni

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I aint caught up on things sooo

What is Andriod M?

 

New android versions (at least the ones that are a huge change) always have a name that starts with the next letter in the alphabet.  We're currently at Lollipop, so the next one's name starts with an M

 

1.0

1.1

1.5 Cupcake

1.6 Donut

2.0-2.1 Eclair

2.2 Froyo

2.3 Gingerbread

3.0-3.2 Honeycomb

4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

4.1-4.3 Jelly Bean

4.4 KitKat

5.0 Lollipop

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Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy android

I assume you would want a fast as card to set up as internal storage. Would be greatly beneficial no?

effective.

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New android versions (at least the ones that are a huge change) always have a name that starts with the next letter in the alphabet.  We're currently at Lollipop, so the next one's name starts with an M

 

1.0

1.1

1.5 Cupcake

1.6 Donut

2.0-2.1 Eclair

2.2 Froyo

2.3 Gingerbread

3.0-3.2 Honeycomb

4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

4.1-4.3 Jelly Bean

4.4 KitKat

5.0 Lollipop

I'm guessing 5.1 Marshmallow?

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So what happens if you remove the sd card when it's formatted as internal storage? Do your installed apps just disappear from your phone? 

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are they changing the file system? BTRFS perhaps? fingers crossed!

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I'm guessing 5.1 Marshmallow?

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I'm guessing 5.1 Marshmallow?

Wait, isn't 5.1 still Lollipop? It has been released for a while now...

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Probably one of the biggest known gripes with Android has been installing apps to other storage devices. If Android M completely irons out the memory issues that Lollipop has then Android will return to its former glory as recently Android has been kind of beat with all the problems Lollipop brought.

 
 
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Wait, isn't 5.1 still Lollipop? It has been released for a while now...

Yes, 5.1 is Lollipop. Android M is supposedly intended to be 5.2.

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Running M on my Nexus 6, loving the changes so far. Can't wait for the OTA updates to start rolling in!

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About time

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Wait, isn't 5.1 still Lollipop? It has been released for a while now...

I don't know :P

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Always one of the faults of Android before. Glad to see Google doing this.

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I hope this means that the next Nexus will have a microSD card slot!

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